Financing Higher Student Performance Standards: The Case of New York State.

Duncombe, William; Yinger, John

Economics of Education Review, v19 n4 p363-86 Oct 2000

State aid programs for local schools have not kept pace with New York State's ambitious, revamped Regents examination program. This paper explains a method for developing a comprehensive education cost index and shows how to incorporate it into a performance-based foundation aid system. (Contains 36 references.) (MLH)